High School Sports

Baseball season is finally upon us. Besides the recent rain storms, it has been all smiles at Watsonville High as the baseball team works its way back. The Wildcatz are led by second-year head coach Tige McSwain Sr. at the helm. In his first season...

The optimism meter is higher than ever for the Aptos High boys’ soccer team following some success during the non-league portion of its regular season schedule.   Senior attacking midfielder Eddie Alvarez is leading a group of speedy wingers on the outside that have been opening...

In its first Gabilan Division game of the year, the Aptos High football team proved it is once again a force to be reckoned with in the Pacific Coast Athletic League. The Mariners put on a complete offensive clinic for the homecoming crowd Friday night...

Aptos proved yet again it is queen of the hardcourt after wrapping up a sixth consecutive Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League girls tennis championship earlier this week. The Mariners smoothly sailed to a sweeping 7-0 victory over visiting San Lorenzo Valley on Thursday afternoon while...

Aptos graduate Bailey Fulton was beaming with confidence going into the 2025 softball season knowing this year just felt a lot different than the previous three. “Our team, we just clicked more and it felt like we could take it pretty far,” Fulton said. “I...

https://soundcloud.com/cover3sports/season-2-episode-11-wrapping-up-the-fall-season?si=b5ee6573f8b046779a362a5f327fc5f5 In this week’s episode, sports editors Emanuel Lee and Juan Reyes will give you a recap of what happened during the CCS football championships, along with our final power rankings of the season. Then they'll have John Devine join us to see what’s going on...

In a league rivalry that only seems to grow more competitive with every matchup, Santa Cruz High hosted Aptos High in a game anticipated for players and fans alike. “This was probably our best game of the year,” said Aptos coach Brian Bowyer shortly after...

WATSONVILLE—The unofficial credo for the Watsonville High boys’ soccer team this season has been team unity.   The No. 2 seeded Wildcatz were in perfect harmony, per usual, in their 2-0 shutout win against No. 7 Modesto in Tuesday’s opener of the CIF NorCal Regionals Division...

Upon further review, St. Francis football head coach John Ausman took note after last week’s set of scrimmages that the coaching staff might be dealing with a problem.  No need to worry, though. Ausman made sure to mention that it was what he called a “good...

WATSONVILLE—At times, it takes a while for a football team with new players on the roster to develop trust and cohesiveness. That hasn’t been the case for St. Francis senior Diego Wolfe and the Sharks who are off to their best start in school history. “...